Engineering Post August 2021

Govt to spend Rs100 billion on upgradation of power distribution system In order to have a modern aimed at increasing energy nearly Rs 100 billion would power distribution sys- security of the country. be spent this year for this tem in the country, the The federal government purpose. government is planning to has already spent Rs 77 bil- There has been ample spend approximately Rs 100 work on increasing the gen- Billion rupees in this finan- eration capacity but the dis- cial year. tribution system has always Thousands of electricity been ignored till now result- transformers are being re- ing in a lot of untapped placed, not only LT trans- power generation potential. formers but mega For example, the Jhimpir transformers installed in wind corridor in Sindh alone grid stations too. The old has the power generation po- transformers do trip due to tential of 50000 megawatt overloading because they are out of which only 50MW can old and have already de- lion in the last two-and-half be properly utilized because pleted their lives. This in- years on improving power of the inadequate distribu- vestment of Rs 100bn is distribution system and tion system in the area.

ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Development of Port City Gwadar Engineering Post Report dustrial development and trans- shipment in the Gwadar City. Work The federal government has on Gwadar International Airport is announced Industrial Incen- in full swing and is likely to be com- tive Package for businesses in pleted by 2023, Gwadar City, which along with the Moreover following six projects completion of requisite infrastruc- are anticipated to be launched dur- ture projects ,due for completion ing current financial year 2021-22: during 2021-22, will position the 300 Megawatt Gwadar Coal Gwadar City to emerge as a major Power Plant investment destination. Construction of Breakwater Eastbay Expressway project Dredging of berthing areas and which connects Gwadar Port with channels Makran Coastal Highway for heavy Gwadar Smart Environment traffic and will support the business Sanitation System and Landfill activities in Free Zone Phase 11, project for Gwadar will be completed during new finan- Construction of floating jetty at cial year 2021-22. The Gwadar Free Gwadar, and 1.2 MGD (Million Gal- Zone is a significant initiative for in- lons Daily ) Desalination Plant. 02

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ENGINEERING POST August 2021 The Struggle behind the Success Engr. Maqsood Ahmed, Chief Executive, International Engineers talks exclusively to Engineering Post Consulting engineers CharteredEngineer by Engi- sional engineer’ to which he an employee in a private care sector, textile sector, are one of the most neering Council (UK). He replied ‘then stay away from company. “LDA plaza was dairy industry, fiber glass in- important organs of went on to working as a free- government sector and work my first building in Pakistan dustry, shoe industry and an engineering team who lancer with a UK based com- in the private while working with Republic many others. He has also ensure that the best quality pany Sir William Halerow & sector’. His Engineering Corp,” he said. provided his services for in- products can be made avail- Partners where he learned advice stuck After 1983 he established frastructure development able at the most economical the tricks of the trade and with me his own company and and rehabilitation in the prices for the client. With decided to come back to and after started providing northern areas after the time people have realized serve Pakistan in 1978. that I put electrical consul- devastating earthquake of the substantial value con- While talking to Engineer- all my ef- tancy services in 2005. Some of the notable sultants bring to the table ing Post he recalled a story f o r t s Pakistan. Engr. projects he is currently which has led to an in- of how he decided against i n Maqsood Ahmed working on include Spring creased reliance on them. government job “When I t h e managed his busi- Apartments Lahore spread Engr. Maqsood Ahmed, a came back I went to meet ness with the vi- over an area of 1.8 million renowned electrical consult- Engr Shams ul Haq about sion that survival Sq. feet, Union Complex, ant owning International getting a job at WAPDA. of the business is Ferozepur Road Lahore with Engineers is one of the pio- He straight only possible covered area of 1 million Sq neers of this field. He through diversity. feet, FFC Tower Gulberg, stepped into consultancy at This is probably Lahore, Magnus Mall Top the time when there was no one of the main City Islamabad, Apartment awareness regarding the reasons for his Building G-11 Islamabad, profession and became one remarkable suc- Victoria Square (a commer- of the leading consultants in cess. He has cial project) The Mall, the country. To get to know worked Rawalpindi and many oth- more about the hurdles he ers. During the conversation overcame and events which when asked about how he shaped his success story, En- manages to keep track of so gineering Post went to many different fields of work Engr.Maqsood Ahmed to get he said “My team is my detailed insights about his strength. One person cannot professional life. possibly look after every- Engr. Maqsood Ahmed thing but an honest and ca- completed his engineering away asked me ‘What do private sector,” he said. with multinational banks, pable team can work from London in 1977 and you want to do?’ I said ‘Sir I From 1979 till 1983 Engr. leading educational institu- wonders,” he said. was awarded the status of want to become a profes- Maqsood Ahmed worked as tions of the country, health While commenting on the 04

ENGINEERING POST August 2021 importance of consultants in the and to make sure that the client gets quality of indigenously produced occupied even during the lockdowns, field of engineering, Engr. Maqsood the best product in his price range. products has increased exponen- but since the start of this year we Ahmed said “People need to under- From the very first day we have tially in the past few years, still we have been over engaged in terms of stand that everyone has their area never compromised on the quality deal with only specific vendors with workload. The lockdown had created of expertise. A working engineer and safety of our work. Because elec- whom we have long standing rela- a backlog of work and business activ- can make sure that all the compo- trical works is such a critical field tions and who are known for provid- ity which is now being released,” he nents of the industry are working in that one little mistake can cause ing original products. Even when said. optimal condition but you cannot damage worth millions and I never acquiring imported products we al- During the conversation when expect him to know about the best asked about an advice for the up- quality of products available in the coming new engineers who aspire to cheapest rates in the market. That’s become consultants, Engr. Maqsood where consultants come in. The Ahmed said “Every young engineer clients need to realize that engaging who wishes to be successful in the a consultant in addition to engaging future needs to understand that the an engineer can save them money first 5-10 years are the years of during construction by avoiding struggle and learning. This learning ‘overkill’ and ensure the sourcing will help them immensely in the fu- authentic products for the project,” ture in attaining success,” he said. Engr. Maqsood Ahmed is a very “The system is designed in such a vocal advocate of knowledge trans- way that there is no possible short- fer in the field. His vast experience cut to success. Everyone has to pass and expertise in the field has al- through tough time to get better at ready earned him the title of their work and in my opinion an En- “Ustad” (Teacher) and like any good gineer should be able to do any work teacher he shares his knowledge handed to him. The young engineers openly with whoever asks for it. Re- need to understand that hard work sultantly there are hundreds if not always pays off whether in the pres- thousands in the market who look ent or in the future. Just work hard at him with reverence and consider and spend every day trying to im- him their true teacher. prove their professional abilities so With changing times as building that they can excel in whichever regulations are getting strict every field they are in. Only then they can day, Engr. Maqsood Ahmed has be successful in the future” he stayed up to date with the current wish to receive such a call,” he said. ways ask for certifications of source added. trends and keeps on including the As import of products gets more and deal only with company nomi- Adding to this he said “Another latest technologies in their works. difficult with every passing day the nated distributors to minimise risk advice for upcoming consultants is During the exclusive conversation reliance on locally manufactured of counterfeit products” he said. to always work honestly and never with Engineering Post he divulged products have substantially in- Commenting on the current situa- be greedy,” He explained this con- “All our projects are molded in such creased but there always remains a tion of the market Engr. Maqsood cept in a very interesting way a way that they get the best and lat- question mark on the quality of Ahmed said that business activity “Think of working honestly as pray- est technology available in the these products. When asked how had been slow due to lockdowns in ing to Allah. You might not get re- client’s budget whether it be au- they make sure that the products the last year yet they still managed warded for it right now but you will tomation or remote monitoring. Our are of the best quality Engr. Maq- to keep their staff engaged through surely get rewarded in the here- main purpose is to minimize losses sood Ahmed said “Although the work from home. “Although we were after,” 05

ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Crescent Corporation growing steadily from 3 decades Crescent Corporation Their belief in doing ethi- was established in 1986 as a small cal business has trans- formed Crescent company importing copper Corporation into the most tubes. Since that time, it trustworthy and re- had developed into one of spectable organization in the leading trading and the country. distribution companies in Their excellent reputa- Pakistan for HVACR in- tion in Pakistan’s HVACR dustry. Thay are now rep- market is an outgrowth of resenting some of the most their aggressive market- reputed brands in the in- ing, dedication, commit- dustry providing excellent ment, customer quality and most techno- orientation, effective and logical equipment and raw efficient services and qual- material. ity consciousness. Crescent Corporation is The objective of the com- the market leader in pany is to serve valuable HVAC industry from last 3 customers with best solu- decades and among top 30 tions in HVACR industry Tax payers in the Pak- at a reasonable cost; keep- istan. ing the ethical values in- Crescent Corporation tact; to remain honest and aims at introducing latest loyal to their principals technology and innovative and to grow positively products developed by the Mr. Imran Aslam (Director, Crescent Corporation) received the book “100 best performing with the ever growing prestigious companies it is CEO’s and Companies of Pakistan” from the Governor of Punjab - Chaudhary Muhammad HVACR market of Pak- representing in Pakistan. Sarwar - at CEO Summit Dinner held at Governor house. istan. Industries & Production Division likely to undertake 6 Projects Engineering Post Report are industry-oriented. 4) Establishment of High Tensile Sheet Metal 1) Improving Competitiveness through Sustain- Dies Manufacturing and Titanium Coating Industries and Production Division of the able National Productivity, all over Pakistan. Setup at KTDMC Karachi Federal Government is likely to undertake 2) Support Centre for Dental and Surgical 5) Development of Karachi Industrial Park on implementation of six projects under the Equipment at Sialkot. 1500 Acres of Pakistan Steel Mills at Karachi in- Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 3) Research, Regulatory Insight & Advocacy As- cluding feasibility. during financial year 2021-22. All these projects sistance for SMEs. 6) Agro Food Processing Facilities, Mirpurkhas. 06



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Light-Gauge Steel (LGS) Structures By Mr. Mushfiq Rahman, Director, Pakistan Insulation (Pvt) Ltd transported to wherever rolled steel, which saves made by Pakistan Insula- Another advantage of they need to be constructed. material costs. As all of the tions, can also be less costly Light-Gauge Steel Struc- Light-Gauge Steel Struc- parts are pre-made and are in the long-run due to, in ac- tures is that due to it being tures also have other ad- easy to assemble, less cordance with international a completely dry construc- vantages to them. As they labour is also required as standards, our Light-Gauge tion, the construction are made of light-gauge opposed to conventional Steel Structures coming process does not pro- steel, they are earthquake construction. This also with Rockwool Rigid duce nearly as much of resistant, which is particu- saves costs as there is a Board Panels in- a mess as wet con- larly useful in the Northern lower chance of last-minute stalled in be- struction. This is par- Parts of Pakistan, which changes being needed to be tween the ticularly useful when In Pakistan, Light-Gauge tend to be more earthquake made during the construc- two dry using Light-Gauge Steel construction is the prone. They can also be tion process, which can add c e - Steel Structures to in- future for commercial built at any time of the year, to construction costs. They crease the number of buildings that do not re- even in places with harsh are also much more floors, especially for quire a very high load on winters, which is something time-efficient than buildings with rela- them. Light-Gauge Steel that is also quite useful in conventional tively weak founda- has many advantages over the Northern Parts of Pak- tions. With a floor conventional methods i.e. istan. extension made out of wet construction. The Light-Gauge Steel, the primary one of which owners of the building is that due to not hav- can still use the build- ing any wet ingredi- ing, without having to ents, such as worry about the mess concrete, the entire the extension would be construction process causing, because there is much less logisti- is very little mess. cally complicated. This is in stark con- There are other as- trast to wet construc- pects of Light-Gauge tion, in which the Steel Structures that property would become help with their logis- practically unliveable tical ease. The first of until the floor exten- which that is being men- sion was completed. tioned, aside from it being a They are also less costly methods of construction, ment boards. This gives the We have made LGS struc- completely dry construction, than conventional methods costs are saved in the sense Light-Gauge Steel Struc- tures for Dow Medical, Aga is that all of the parts are of construction. One of these that time is also saved. ture insulation, which can Khan Educational Trust pre-made and can easily be reasons is light-gauge steel Light-Gauge Steel Struc- help reduce energy costs by and Bahria Icon and many is 20% lighter than hot- tures, particularly the ones up to a third. others. 08



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline Project Pak-Russia finalise Heads of Terms for PSGP Pakistan and Russia have fi- security of Pakistan. The project shareholding and Russia 26 per- will be ensured on the asset base. nalised the reworded Heads of will secure sustainable gas supply cent. They were also told that the tariff Terms for Pakistan-Stream infrastructure for next 40 years. According to sources the Russian regime will be on cost transfer pric- Gas Pipeline (PSGP) project after This will be the most essential con- side wanted security of its invest- ing mechanism wherein aggregate detailed deliberation. duit between installation of new ment with a guaranteed rate of re- of prudent expenses incurred in con- The project envisages the con- LNG terminals and industrial turn of 18 percent on its 26 percent nection with the regulated activity struction of 1040 kilometers of gas growth of Pakistan. Oil and Gas investment. However, the Govern- will form revenue requirement in pipeline from Port Qasim to Kasur, Regulatory Authority (Ogra) will ment of Pakistan clearly told the respect of licensee. And the revenue to be completed by 2023 at an esti- determine the tariff of gas pipelines. Russian side that there will be no requirement will be based on the mated cost of $ 2.5 billion.The infra- The raw material of pipeline will take or pay mode and no offtake cost of gas, operating expenses, re- structure of 42 to 56 pipeline come from Russia whereas local guarantee also. However, the Russ- turn on regulated assets base, fed- diameter, costing US $ 2.25 -2.5 bil- companies will lay the pipeline.Pak- ian side was told that OGRA will eral and government taxes, levies if lion, will ensure enhanced energy istan will be having 74 percent determine the tariff and the return any and transportation charges. 10



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Local automobile Textile exports increase by production to reach 22.94 percent during fiscal 300,000 units by year end year 2020-21 To utilise the maximum poten- the implementation of the govern- The textile sector has been Interestingly the exports of raw tial of the automobile indus- witnessing considerable in- cotton have seen a substantial de- try in job creation and ment plan, the prices of cars are ex- crease in terms of export vol- cline in the last year coming down economic uplift of the country the to zero for the month of May and government has decided to focus on pected to be reduced as under: (i) umes for the past two years. June 2021. the development of the automobile in- dustry of Pakistan.The new auto pol- Below 850cc car price will reduce by According to the data shared by According to the data shared by icy has also been completed and PBS the main commodities of ex- would be presented before the Cabi- Rs104,458–Rs142,388 approximately Pakistan Bureau of Statistics ports during June 2021 were net in the first week of August. knitwear Rs64,187 million, ready- Federal Minister for Information (iii) Car prices of over 1000cc to (PBS) during the last financial made garments Rs50,895 million, FawadHussain bed wear Rs46,694 million, cotton C h a u d h r y, 1,500cc will be reduced by Rs112,118- year i.e. 2020-21 the textiles ex- cloth Rs31,980 million, cotton yarn KhusroBakht- Rs18,885 million, rice others yar in a state- Rs186,375,(iii) Expected decrease of port volume remained $15.4 bil- ment said that Rs18,190 mil- the auto sector more than Rs169,958 of 1800cc cars lion as compared to $12.526 billion lion, towels has the poten- Rs15,465 mil- tial to drive the category,(iv) above 2000cc car price during 2019-20. lion, madeup entire economy articles (excl of the country will reduce by more than Rs229,458, If we look at the data on a towels and and it has 7.81 bedwear) percentage in and(v) Price month on month basis it indicated Rs12,342 mil- Large Scale lion. Manufacturing. reduction is a whopping This sector also Main com- plays a very im- expected in 57.81 percent modities of imports during June portant role in 2021 were petroleum products job creation as each vehicle increased for Rs113,787 million, petroleum every 1 car crude Rs59,761 million, power being manufactured provides 5 new category being the month of generating machinery Rs50,794 jobs. million, natural gas, liquefied To incentivise the industry the gov- manufactured June 2021 Rs49,083 million, palm oil ernment has removed federal excise Rs42,366 million, medicinal prod- duty (FED) and additional customs locally. where it ucts Rs38,121 million, electrical duty (ACD) on cars along with reduc- machinery and apparatus tion of sales tax on small cars. After The manu- showed ex- Rs34,669 million, plastic materi- als Rs33,851 million, mobile facturing of ports worth phones Rs31,963 million, and fer- tiliser manufactured Rs27,767 automobiles $1.660 billion million. will also in- as compared to crease in the $1.051 billion in May 2021. country with a Cotton yarn exports registered target of 3.26 percent growth during July- 300,000 for June 2020-21 and remained at next year and $1.016 billion compared to $984 up to 500,000 million during the same period of by 2025. last year. Further- Cotton yarn exports increased more to promote Electronic Vehicles by 67.76 percent during June 2021 (EVs) following incentives are al- and remained at $120.931 million lowed to increase the number of im- compared to $72.087 million dur- ports of EVs: (i) Customs Duty (CD) ing May 2021 and increased by on specific parts for electric vehicles 62.71 percent when compared to to attract one percent and (ii) 10 per- $74.323 million during the same cent CD on import of CBUs of EVs. month of last year. 12



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Jubilee Corporation offers Complete solution for External Lightning, Earthing and Surge Protection The Monsoon season bolt of lightning can bring. account the structure to be istan. DEHN is the global etc. brings news of fatalities At Jubilee Corporation protected and also the serv- leader in the field of lightning JC offers a comprehensive and damages caused by (JC), we adopt the IECEN BS ices to which the structure is and surge protection, and has range of products for Light- direct and indirect lightning 62305 standard as the refer- connected. In essence, struc- maintained its focus on the ning Protection / Earthing strikes every year. Unfortu- ence document for designing tural lightning protection research and promotion of and Surge Protective Devices nately, the design standards LPS. The aforementioned cannot be considered in isola- lightning protection for more manufactured by DEHN. We and proper installation prac- ensure our customers the full tices of lightning protection support from design of LPS system are not given the due (IEC compliant) to provide consideration during design supervision, throughout in- or execution stage of a proj- stallation process. ect. Unprotected structures Jubilee Corporation has pose a high risk for structural the leading advantage of hav- damages, equipment failure ing well-trained team of engi- and, in the worst case sce- neers with in-depth technical nario, to the human lives. knowledge on the subject. JC Lightning and surge pro- conducts technical sessions tection are essential compo- and international webinars nents to protect people, related to LPS design, risk buildings, installations and analysis and product selec- devices from the risks of tions for its teams and profes- lightning strikes and induced sionals in the fraternity.These electrical surges.The light- trainings help in ensuring ning protection system inter- that we provide the best pos- cepts, conducts and disperse sible quality in both materials lightning current (can be as and installation practices to high as 200kA) safely to earth standardsdefine the optimum tion. Protection against tran- than 100 years. As the core maximize safety. You can con- termination system. If seen protection measures to design sient over voltages or editorial member of IEC / TC tact Jubilee Corporation’s from commercial perspective, lightning protection system. electrical surges is integral to 81, DEHN has drafted sev- team at info@jubileecorpora- the investment done in de- All the considerations for IECEN BS 62305. eral lightning protection stan- tion.com for any query related sign and installation of LPS lightning protection are Jubilee Corporation (JC) is dards affecting the world, to LPS system design, risk systems is mostly far lesser driven by a comprehensive the authorized distributor of such as IEC 62305, IEC analysis, SPDs selection and than the damages a single risk assessment, taking in to DEHN SE + Co KG, in Pak- 61643, IEC 62561, NFPA 780 earthing. 14



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Power Zone Engineering introduced Bladon Micro-turbines in Pakistan Power Zone Engineering & requirement for fuel and can run on while the conventional diesel genset vestment is the return on Invest- Services has been in the busi- Diesel, Kerosene oil or a blend of needs to be serviced after every 200 ment (ROI). Now due to the de- ness of providing cost effective both which can be helpful in de- hours which comes down to 40 serv- creased operational costs and and efficient backup energy solu- creasing the chances of fuel theft.” ices per year costing around 6 lakh almost no overhear expenses, the tions in the market for almost two The power factor for Bladon micro rupees,” he said. This is a consider- ROI for Bladon micro turbine decades now. The company is turbine gensets is 1 which makes it able advantage keeping in view that gensets is 2-3 years. The state of the known for being foresighted in its art gensets use air piston technol- decision making process and taking ogy which means that No liquid bold moves to introduce the latest coolant, engine oil, grease, or lubri- technological products in the mar- cant is needed. “Only the oil filter ket. and air filter needs to be replaced Keeping up with its legacy of pro- after every 12 months, which means viding the most efficient and cost-ef- that its total cost is 38% less than fective products, the Directors of diesel gensets” told Mian Ahsan. Power Zone Engineering and Serv- Power Zone Engineering is looking ices – Mr Ahsan Ali, Mr Imran Butt forward to decreasing the cost of the and Mr Mohsin Ali, have decided to product once it is introduced in Pak- introduce Bladon Micro Turbine istan. This will be achieved by local- Gensets in the Pakistani market. isation of parts and local Bladon Micro Turbine Gensets are manufacturing of the product. being manufactured and marketed When alluding to the prospects of by a company based out of the UK local manufacturing, Mian Ahsan and Power Zone Engineering has said that although he cannot go into been selected as the sole distributors the details but Power Zone Engi- of the product in Pakistan. neering is extensively deliberating While talking exclusively to Engi- on the option if it is finalised then neering Post, one of the Directors, within the next 2-3 years, the Mr. Mian Ahsan Ali - Power Zone Bladon micro turbine gensets will Engineering and Services, explained be manufactured completely in Pak- “Bladon micro turbine gensets can comparable to a 20 KVA diesel gen- Bladon micro turbine gensets re- istan. be used in off grid locations espe- erator. But the comparison is only in quire no physical presence of per- When asked about the marketing cially for cellular towers and other power factor not in maintenance sonnel and can be remotely of this product Mian Ahsan said telecom applications, and have the costs as clarified by Mr Mian Ahsan. monitored. Moreover due to the “Once we receive our first shipment potential to replace conventional “The Bladon micro turbine genset well-designed sound insulation it we will be arranging extensive sem- diesel gensets or hybrid gensets. can be serviced by a single person only produces 59dB of sound. inars across the country for the peo- The most important feature of this after 12 months of continuous run- Another significant consideration ple of Pakistan because seeing is product is that it has a very flexible ning or 8 thousand hours of running checks before committing to any in- believing”. 16



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 A look at Industrial Sector’s Performance Engineering Post Report In case of Small Scale, the fed- eral government had provided Rs Industrial sector performance 6.9 billion to support the Small is more dependent on Large- and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Scale Manufacturing (LSM) Further, the Prime Minister had as it holds as much as 51 per cent also approved the National SME share in Industry whereas LSM is Policy Action Plan 2020 to provide reflected by Quantum Index of much needed support to SMEs. Manufacturing (QIM) data. Since Thus growth in Manufacturing July 2020, QIM was posting sig- was recorded 8.7 per cent on ac- nificant year on year (YoY) count of growth in LSM, SMEs growth. Thus its growth is build- and Slaughtering. The other sec- ing on momentum by capacity uti- tor which showed significant lization, monetary incentives in growth was Construction, which the form of low recorded a interest rate growth of 8.3 and other facil- per cent due itations. to increase in In March general gov- and April last ernment year, the inter- spending (26 national and per cent). domestic Further the spread of the contribution COVID-19 of this sector virus had de- was derived pressed industrial activity, thus from investment of different con- QIM index had declined Month on struction activities. Month (MoM) by 32.7 per cent in Mining and Quarrying posted a March 2020 while in April 2020, decline of 6.5 per cent due to de- it reached to the lowest level of crease in production of gas and 85.6 per cent showing a YoY de- crude oil by 4.7 per cent and 6.7 cline of 41.6 per cent. per cent respectively. Likewise, In National Accounts, accord- electricity and Gas sub-sector also ing to the information received showed a negative growth of 23 from official sources concerned, per cent, mainly due to the de- growth of QIM had registered 9.3 cline in subsidy and increase in per cent growth for FY 2921 on intermediate consumption of the standard methodology of Pak- WAPDA and Independent Power istan Bureau of Statistics. Producers (IPPs). 18



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Good news for Electric Vehicle owners EV charging stations installed along Motorway The Electric Vehicle (EV) and then enter the Motorway owners of Lahore and Is- from the other toll. Same is the lamabad can now travel on case with the commuters intend- the motorway without fear of ing to charge their vehicles at running out of battery as EV Pindi Bhattian. charging stations have been in- Both the stations equipped stalled along motorway. with one 120 kWh charger (it The charging stations have takes 40 minutes to fully charge been locally designed manufac- a 70 kWh battery) and one 60 tured and installed by a Pak- kWh charger (it takes more than istani company Tesla Industries an hour to fully charge a 70 kWh working in the electrical battery). Both the stations have sector.The EV chargers have executive lounges for the com- been installed at old CNG sta- muters to rest and refresh while tions just on the periphery of M- their vehicles gets the charge. 2 Motorway at Bhera and Pindi 95% work on another EV Bhattian. One has to take the charging station for GT road is exit at Bhera and go to the CNG also complete which is being es- station to recharge his vehicle tablished at Hardees Gujrat. 20



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Li-ion Batte An Energy Infra By Mr. Umair Nabeel, Renewable Ene stations across three supply/generation of bus depots with 19Mwh electricity from renew- of battery storage ca- ables. Whilst the con- pacity. ventional fossil fuels - 9MW installed based power plants con- capacity of EV charging tributed 1022Twh to power. A com- plete and inclusive project cov- ering the entire spectrum, Cover story: We which will head off to ensure an Florida, USA for o r d e r l y this month's cover s w i t c h story. Miami Dade from ICE County puts pen to vehicles to paper with ProterraInc lithium-ion to \"re-define\" the b a t t e r y county's entire intra- d r i v e n city transport infra- EVs. structure. A complete G l o b a l battery electric drive- news desk: train plus powertrain The Euro- led transition and p e a n switch is now officially Union (EU) has re- the EU grid. This en- underway. ProterraInc leased provisional fig- ergy mix is indeed a is now tasked with: ures in a report on its milestone, one to repli- - 42 e-buses tak- annual energy up- cate across all geogra- ing the total Proterra stream and down- phies. The detailed fleet size to 75. stream data data breakdown com- - 75 EV charging 2020.1052Twh was the piled in graphical for- 22

ENGINEERING POST August 2021 ery Storage astructure Asset ergy and Environmental Entrepreneur mat covering almost Such steps always help UK auto industry. So two decades gives a bet- in bringing uniformity for June 2021, the mar- ter understanding of and to a certain degree, ket share of EVs (BEV the overall energy mar- stability too which are + PHEV) accounted for ket in the EU. very important factors a little over 17%. The European parlia- as we all collectively Tritium and Revel in p r e s s a quasi-JV like project ahead to have introduced a dedi- make our cated EV fast charging p l a n e t facility in Brooklyn, more in- New York. Tritium's habitable. very own 25 DC charg- T e s l a ing stations , RTM- Motors is 75KW along with at it again. Revel's fleet of electric- Q2 com- mobility transport is pany per- now fully operational f o r m a n c e which in my view is a results are very good business case out and study, comprehensive g l o b a l l y, indeed and a model oth- the com- ers can look into as the pany sold infrastructure to make 2 0 1 , 2 5 0 the e-mobility switch is EVs. More- put in place. over, the So, I head back to the UK in June title of this month's ar- this year ticle, \" li-ion battery: an ment in the meantime saw Tesla outpacing energy infrastructure also got the draft bill on others in the industry asset\" and I suppose climate change ( which by registering 5,468 the readers should be I reported on some EVs sold. And mind the jury on this. Does months back) passed you, this number and the title and what I've which now of course be- the corresponding re- covered have any corre- comes part of EU law. port covers the entire lation? 23

ENGINEERING POST August 2021 IT exports surge to $2.123 billion The exports of IT and IT-en- Federal Min- telecommuni- ports) at a growth rate of 47.43 abled Services (ITeS) have ister Informa- cation, com- percent during fiscal year 2020-21, increased in the last fiscal tion Technology puter and in comparison to $1.440 billion information during fiscal year 2019-20. year by 47.43 percent. This was and telecom- services have Currently there are more than surged to 6,000 Pakistan-based IT compa- announced by the Ministry of In- m u n i c a t i o n $2.123 billion nies were providing IT products (largest ex- and services to entities in over 100 formation technology and telecom- Syed Amin ul porter in countries.Pakistan has been services sec- ranked the 3rd most popular munication through an official Haque said tor and high- country for freelancing in the est net world, and Pakistani IT compa- statement. IT and ITeS include that IT exports exporter with nies are providing products and $ 1.573 bil- services to the world’s largest computer services and call centre target of $5 bil- lion in net ex- companies. services. lion would be The sector exports remittances achieved by remained $214 million in June June 2023.ICT 2021 compared to $143 million in export remit- June 2020, witnessing 50 percent tances, includ- growth year on year. ing 24



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 An Insight into Digital Pakistan’s Performance in 2020-21 Engineering Post Report nology &Telecommunication with an allocation of Rs 6.7 billion and its sub- There were more than 4641 sidiary organizations, whereas space IT/ITeS (Informational Tech- technology projects were executed by nology Enabled Services) com- SUPARCO with allocation of Rs 5 bil- panies registered under Public Sector lion. Additionally, Rs 5 billion were Enterprises Board (PSEB) as of end also allocated to Information Technol- March 2021. ogy related projects of other min- Under the Digi Skills program being istries, organizations which included executed by Ignite till recently, more the Higher Education Commission, than 1.5 million students had been Interior Division, Law and Justice Di- trained in various IT courses, accord- vision, Finance Division, Defence Di- ing to the available information. The vision, Establishment Division and total earnings by freelancers was ex- Ministry of Planning, Development & pected to cross US $ 350 million by Special Initiatives. end of June 30 marking the end of Some of the major projects exe- last financial year 2020-21. cuted in the Information Technology Besides, in the National Incubation and Telecommunication sector during Centres (NICs) established in 5 cities 2020-21 included National Freelance across the country, around 650 + Imparted Training Programme all start-ups/incubates were developing over Pakistan, Feasibility Study for various marketable innovative prod- “Establishment of National Spatial ucts and services. Data Infrastructure (NSDI)”, Estab- In telecommunication sector, as of lishment of National Centers of Ex- March 2021, cellular tele-density had cellence in Cyber Security, GIS and increased from 79 per cent to around Space Application, Big Data and 85 per cent. The 3G/4G broadband Cloud Computing, IoTs, Artificial In- services had also further increased telligence, Cyber Security and Robot- subscribers from 81 million to 98 mil- ics & Automation, Geospatial lion. For financial year 2020-21, an Monitory of Major and High Value amount of Rs 16.8 billion was alloca- Crops and Cadastral Mapping would tion for Information Technology (IT), bring security and correctness to the telecommunication and space tech- land records in the urban centres by nology related projects. Most of the conducting comprehensive survey projects were sponsored and executed and using technology, the sources by the Minister of Information Tech- maintained. 26



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 121,310 jobs generated by Large Scale Manufacturing According to the data com- industries generated 3,117 jobs. The piled by Sindh Bureau of Beverage industry generated 3375 Statistics the Large scale employment while the cotton textile Manufacturing (LSM) sector of Pak- employment generation stood istan has been able to generate 53,415. Leather tanning industry 121,310 jobs during the period of generated 6675 employment this July to March in the current fiscal year and paper & paper board gen- year. The industries and employ- erated 2,113 jobs. Generation of em- ment sector had taken a severe hit ployment in pharmaceutical sector due to the lockdowns imposed due to stood at 7,174. Fertilizer sector cre- COVID-19. Although things are ated 979 jobs while the soap indus- starting to get better now but there tries generated 2249 jobs during this is still a long way to go until com- fiscal year. plete normalizations. Tyres and tubes industry created According to the data, vegetable 5,684 jobs. Cement sector generated ghee industries in the province pro- 4,988 jobs while the Automobile sec- vided 2,451 jobs. Sugar industry pro- tor created 16209 jobs in the first vided 8186 jobs whereas tea nine months of current fiscal year. 1 MW solar plant installed at President House The President house of Pak- mated that this solarisation project istan has been completely con- will save 32 million rupees annually verted to solar energy after to the national exchequer. In addi- installation of 1 MW solar PV plant tion to that all the surplus energy was completed. produced through solar power will The project for the solarisation of be provided to the national grid. Presidency was undertaken by According to sources before the in- Engro. With the completion of this stallation of solar PV panels a de- project the Presidency of Pakistan is tailed audit was conducted at the now one of the few presidencies in president house regarding daily the world fully powered by clean and monthly and yearly peak consump- green energy. tion. According to the results of that This project will result in an an- audit multiple energy conservation nual decrease of 1400 tonnes of Car- measures were taken to ensure effi- bon emissions to the environment. cient utilisation of energy at the In terms of savings it is being esti- presidency. 28

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ENGINEERING POST August 2021 PTCL to lay fiber optic cable in interior Sindh Ministry of Information Tech- cables in Naushero Feroze, Shaheed (MoIT) Syed Aminul Haq while During the last three years, the nology and Telecommunica- Benazirabad and Khairpur to in- speaking on the occasion said that the Ministry has worked on nine differ- tion (MoITT), through crease smooth and high speed inter- government is spending around Rs 31 ent projects worth Rs. 8.48 billion for Universal Service Fund (USF) has net connectivity in billion for pro- the provision of mobile broadband awarded the contract of laying fiber the region.Under viding broad- services and installation of fiber opti- optic cable network in interior Sindh this project, a band Internet cal network in Sindh. Through this, to Pakistan Telecommunication Com- total of 101 towns facility to the 3,227 muazas from 26 districts and pany Limited (PTCL).President Dr. and Union Coun- far-flung and 230 union councils, via 1,900km of Arif Alvi along with Syed Aminul cils will be con- under-developed fiber optic cable, have helped connect Haq witnessed the signing of contract nected through areas of the a population of 17.5 million to the dig- by Chief Executive Officer of USF, 709.5 km of optic country. He ital world. Furthermore work is un- Haris Mehmood Chaudhry and fiber cable, bene- pointed outthat derway for the establishment of IT Group Chief Finance Officer PTCL fiting a population of 2.8 million resi- over 80 percent of work had already Park in Karachi near the Karachi Mohammad Nadeem Khan. dents of these areas. been completed on OFC installation Airport. The government is also plan- Under the Rs 2.1 billion contract Federal Minister for Information and infrastructure development in ning to launch 5G Internet facility in PTCL will lay a network of fiber optic Technology and Telecommunication Dadu and Jamshoro. Pakistan by December 2022. 30

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ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Covid- 19: Impact on labour market & employment Engineering Post Report propriate measures for overhauling of the ail- thermore, the revival of construction indus- ing structure of the national economy and try through appropriate timely measures of The human resources of a country play implementing remedial measures particu- the federal government during is also one of an important role not only in the eco- larly for human capital development. the major initiatives of the government for nomic development but also for the so- During lingering COVID-19 pandemic, cur- employment generation in the country. cial well-being of the country. Moreover, large rently in its third and fourth wave, protection Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic has population size and lack of proper manage- and creation of jobs is the second biggest had devastating effect not only on human life ment of human resources can also lead to challenge after the heath crisis in Pakistan. but also posed an unprecedented challenge to some sort of social disorder and distress and The pandemic has quite obviously aversely- the public health and economic growth. Pak- cause curtailing of the economic performance. impacted employment and labour productiv- istan has also borne the economic brunt of Because of ever increasing population- ity by impeding growth in various economic COVID-19 pandemic that had resulted in growth, Pakistan is facing difficultyin opti- sectors. negative growth of -0.47 per cent in FY 2020, malsocial spending i.e. health care, education, State Bank of Pakistan had taken differ- job losses, falling income and deteriorating housing and unemployment etc. In this sce- ent measures to cope with the situation and social indicators. nario, the advent and spread of COVID-19 effectively countering the effects of COVID- According to “ Special Survey for Evaluat- has further aggravated the situation. Fully 19like support to firms in paying wages to ing Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 on cognizant of this, the federal government has their employees amid the lockdown to pre- Well-being of people”, conducted by Pakistan and continues to taken several steps and ap- vent layoffs under the Rozgar Scheme. Fur- Bureau of Statistics ,almost half of the work- 32



ENGINEERING POST August 2021 ing population was ing and quarrying 38 tioned above. manufacturing sec- was estimated that come in construction affected due to clo- per cent, as per the These figures show tors due to decline in as much as 80 per sector. People were sure of businesses special survey con- that COVID-19 Pan- consumer, business cent workers had lost reluctant to invest in and lockdown. ducted by the Pak- demic had hampered confidence and pro- their jobs, either this sector owing to As per Pakistan istan Bureau of economic activities duction and supply could not find work or a p p r e h e n s i o n s Bureau of Statistics, Statistics as men- in construction and chain disruptions. It received lower in- caused by the prior to COVID-19, COVID-19 prevalent the country’s working circumstances. Fur- population was 35 per ther, manufacturing cent (55.75 million). sector also observed However, in pandemic disruption in produc- closure of economic tion activities because activities due to impo- of contraction in de- sition of lockdown for mand resulting in 72 health safety, this per cent workers had number had declined either lost their jobs, to 35.04 million which could not find work or indicated that people faced decrease in in- had either lost their come. Additionally, jobs or were not able the incumbent gov- to work. ernment had also im- In July 2020, the posed strict lockdown federal government , for effectively check announced compre- controlling and the hensive package for adverse pandemic im- the construction in- pacts, which had dustry in the country. quite obviously ham- This opening of sec- pered wholesale and tors in which daily retail business and wagers were working transport & storage along with fiscal stim- business leaving 63 ulus and monetary per cent and 67 peo- measures commend- ple to become jobless ably resulted in the or have lower income recovery of the na- respectively. tional economy. Quite Prudent strategies appreciably, it was re- and timely interven- ported that 33 per tions by the federal cent (52.56 million ) government have put working population in the national economy the country were back on the trajectory of more or less on their recovery saving the original or appropri- nation from very se- ately alternative jobs vere impact of and resumed working COVID-19 pandemic. . Furthermore, con- The sectoral analy- struction sector pack- sis has revealed that age and industrial construction and relief packages etc manufacturing sec- are other key initia- tors were the most tives of the incum- vulnerable sectors bent government during this pandemic. resulting in recovery Wholesale and retail, of all segments of the transport and com- national economy munication sectors from the shock. were also affected on Official quarters account of COVID-19. concerned , when con- According to the inci- tacted, have observed dence of population that out of 20.6 mil- faced job lost or de- lion people in the in- crease in income, con- dustrial sector who struction sector was had lost their jobs or most hit to the extent could not find work of 80 per cent, fol- during April-July lowed by manufactur- 2020, as many as 18.8 ing sector 72 per cent million had started , transport and stor- working again during age 67 per cent, August-November wholesale and retail 2020 depicting a V- trade 63 per cent min- shaped recovery. 34

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ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Public Private Partnership Authority Established Engineering Post Report the Public Private Partnership Authority number of implementing agencies in de- (P3A) as an autonomous statutory body for vising appropriate strategies for their The federal government has established facilitating and assisting various federal projects for implementation in PPP mode. implementing agencies in developing, structuring and procuring their infra- structure projects on Public Private Part- nership modalities and to regulate federal PPP transactions. P3A is fully capacitated and is ready to undertake the eligible infrastructure proj- ects for implementation through private sector participation. The Authority is already providing ad- visory services to various implementing agencies for developing and preparing their infrastructure projects under PPP mode. Similarly , P3A has also been appointed to look after operational responsibilities for almost one third of the total projects under the PPP modalities. P3A as such is also actively engaging a 38

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ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Railways Division plans to launch 9 new development Schemes Engineering Post Report including foreign aid of Rs Wireless Based Block Instru- Pakistan Railways allocation 1066323.020 million. An alloca- ment, Inter-locking System and under PSDP 2021-22 is Rs Railways Division plans to tion of Rs 6000.000 million in- Development of Production Unit, 30025.599 million including for- launch 9 new development cluding foreign ad of Rs 2989.474 Research and Development Proj- eign aid of Rs 3117.84 million schemes during new finan- million has been provided for its ect; Installation and Commis- both for launching 9 new devel- cial year 2021-22 topped by “Up- launching during just com- sioning of Solar System at 155 opment schemes and continuing gradation of Pakistan Railways menced financial year under New Railway Stations; Procure- implementation of ongoing 29 existing Main Line (M-1) and Es- PSDP. ment of 600 Flat Container schemes. tablishment of Dry Port near Other new schemes in brief in- Bogie Wagons, and ; Rehabilita- None of the under-implemen- Hegelian (2018-22 Phase -1 clude Construction of New Track, tion and Dualization of Karachi tation 29 development schemes under the umbrella of great Up-gradation/Rehabilitation of Circular RailwayPhase-11; Re- is likely to be completed by end game changer China-Pakistan Track from Chaman Yard (in- habilitation of 300 KVA DG June 2022 and some may be com- Economic Corridor (CPEC)” cluding) to Pak Afghan Border; Sets. pleted during 2022-23 provided under the Public Sector Develop- Establishment of Coal Termi- Pakistan Railways is also in small amounts required for this ment Programme. nals on Pakistan Railways the process of implementation in purpose are duly provided. The mega project, which was (Phase-1); Improvement of Ter- phased manner since 2015 to Pakistan Railways comprises a approved by the Central Devel- minal Facilities and Enhancing 2020 as many as 29 ongoing total of 466 locomotives (461 opment Working Party (CDWP) Security Arrangement in Mar- schemes at an estimated cost of Diesel Engine and 05 Steam En- in September 2020, is estimated shalling Yard Pipri Karachi; In- Rs 163177.757 million involving gines) for the 7791 kilometers to cost Rs 1119307.523 million digenous Development of no foreign aid at all. route length. 40

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ENGINEERING POST August 2021 Phenomena of Biodegradation Technology Engr. Dr. Muhammad Nawaz Iqbal Biodegradable The cycle of technology is biodegradation can particularly be separated into used by the biomed- three phases: bio de- ical area. Biodegrad- terioration, bio frag- able polymers are mentation, and characterized into absorption. Bio dete- three gatherings: rioration is at times clinical, biological, depicted as a surface- and double applica- level degradation tion, while as far as that adjusts the me- beginning they are chanical, physical partitioned into two and synthetic proper- gatherings: charac- ties of the material. teristic and manufac- This stage happens tured. The Clean Technology when the material is presented to Group is misusing the utilization abiotic factors in the open air cli- of supercritical carbon dioxide, mate and takes into consideration which under high tension at room further debasement by debilitating temperature is a dissolvable that the material's construction. Some can utilize biodegradable plastics abiotic factors that impact these to make polymer drug coatings. underlying changes are pressure The polymer (which means a ma- (mechanical), light, temperature terial made out of particles with and synthetics in the climate. rehashing underlying units that While bio deterioration regularly structure a long chain) is utilized happens as the main phase of to embody a medication before in- biodegradation, it can now and fusion in the body and depends on again be corresponding to bio frag- lactic corrosive, a compound ordi- mentation. narily created in the body, and is Bio fragmentation of a polymer hence ready to be discharged nor- is the lytic interaction in which mally. The covering is intended for bonds inside a polymer are sev- controlled delivery throughout ered, creating oligomers and some undefined time frame, de- monomers in its place. The means creasing the quantity of infusions taken to piece these materials like- required and expanding the wise vary dependent on the pres- restorative advantage. ence of oxygen in the framework. 42

ENGINEERING POST August 2021 The breakdown of materials by mi- blend. Throughout the span of a croorganisms when oxygen is few days, microorganisms digest available is vigorous absorption, the example step by step and pro- and the breakdown of materials duce carbon dioxide – the subse- when oxygen is absent is anaerobic quent measure of CO2 fills in as a processing. The fundamental dis- marker of debasement.It's critical tinction between these cycles is to note factors that influence that anaerobic responses produce biodegradation rates during item methane, while vigorous responses testing to guarantee that the out- don't (nonetheless, the two re- comes created are precise and de- sponses produce carbon dioxide, pendable. A few materials will test water, some as being kind of biodegrad- buildup, able under and an- ideal condi- other bio- tions in a mass). lab for en- Likewise, dorsement vigorous however absorption these out- normally comes may happens not reflect more true re- quickly than anaerobic assimila- sults where elements are more fac- tion, while anaerobic processing tor. For instance, a material may makes a superior showing decreas- have tried as biodegrading at a ing the volume and mass of the high rate in the lab may not cor- material. rupt at a high rate in a landfill The degradation pace of numer- since landfills regularly need light, ous natural builds is restricted by water, and microbial action that their bioavailability, which is the are fundamental for debasement rate at which a substance is re- to happen. tained into a framework or made Other biomedical applications accessible at the site of physiologi- incorporate the utilization of cal action, as accumulates should biodegradable, flexible shape- be delivered into arrangement be- memory polymers. Biodegradable fore life forms can debase them. embed materials would now be The pace of biodegradation can be able to be utilized for negligibly ob- estimated in various manners. trusive surgeries through degrad- Respirometry tests can be utilized able thermoplastic polymers. for oxygen consuming organisms. These polymers are presently Initial one places a strong waste ready to change their shape with example in a compartment with increment of temperature, causing microorganisms and soil, and af- shape memory capacities just as terward circulates air through the effectively degradable stitches. 43

Samsung to invest $100 million in Pakistan Samsung Gulf Electronics has officially an official notice sent to the Pakistan Stock Ex- plans launch 5G-enabled phones in Pakistan at decided to establish a manufacturing change affordable prices. plant in Pakistan for the production of Lucky Motor Corporation is a subsidiary of 21 new companies had been authorized to smart phones. The company has part- Lucky cement which owns 71.55 percent of start local manufacturing/assembly (vivo, Air- nered up with Lucky Motor Corporation in Pak- LMC. Expectations are high for this latest ven- link, Inovi, telecom, OPPO) boosting the local istan for the execution of this project. This was ture as Lucky Cement has been hugely success- industry of the mobile handsets for domestic revealed by Lucky Cement Corporation through ful with its recent initiatives like bringing KIA market and exports. (South Korea Company) to Pakistan to assemble automobiles and acquisition and then the turn- around of ICI Pakistan (ICI), amongst others. Samsung had setup an assembly plant in Bangladesh in 2018, which has been termed a huge success. The production facility of Samsung will be built at a Special Economic Zone so that the company can benefit from the tax exemptions offered by the government to enhance ease of doing business in the country. The expected timeline for the inauguration of the production plant is end of 2021. Syed Atif Zafar, Director Research and Chief Economist at Topline Securities while com- menting on this initiative said “The investment size is rumored to be around $100 million (Rs16.5 billion), where we believe cash require- ment for the investment is not a major con- cern,” . LMC is expected to generate an average EBITDA/year of Rs15 billion over next two years from its auto assembly plant, he added. Chinese company Realme has also an- nounced the establishment of a local assembly line in the country after which the company